By Guest Blogger Jerry Messat, of Cleaning Tips.
People nowadays spend most of their day in only two places: the home and the office. Upon waking up, they go to the bathroom to prepare for the day’s work, go to the kitchen to grab something to eat, and head to the office and stay there for almost the entire day. Then it’s time to head back to the house, relax for a while on the sofa and then go to the bedroom to sleep. This is probably the routine of most people. Therefore, these are two places that often need a lot of frequent cleaning.
But with all of the workload at the office, and all the chores at home, how can we find time to put everything in order and clean these two places. The answer to that is actually quite simple. The secret is to clean smart; you do not have to go and buy those big bulky machines and appliances that take forever to set-up and take even longer to finish cleaning just one area. There are a number of ways to clean a place without tiring yourself too much.
If you clean a place in an order that works for you and use some handy home-made tools to help clean you’ll save time and money. There are a ton of tips such as starting from the top down to economize on movement and to prevent dirt from coming back to an already finished area. Cleaning doesn’t have to be hard work, if you properly economize your time and efforts, it can be done in a cinch.
What are some of the ways you economize your cleaning time and effort?
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Spend Time Wisely: Clean Fast and Efficiently (July 2010)
Green Kitchen with Spaghetti Scrub by Goodbye Detergent (January 2010)
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